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Cramer objects to allowing beef imports from Argentina
North Dakota’s congressman is objecting to a government agency’s proposal to allow beef to be imported from Argentina despite concerns over contamination from foot-and-mouth disease. Tuesday, September, 02, 2014 - - News

Hagie to display tall nitrogen tool bar at Big Iron
FARGO, N.D. — Side-dressing nitrogen fertilizer played a bigger role in the 2014 crop and is likely to increase in the coming years, according to experts.
Darrell Steiner is a sales manager for Hagie Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Clarion, Iowa, one of the companies making products to help with that function. The company again will be at the Big Iron Farm Show this year. Tuesday, September, 02, 2014 - Agweek - News

Wheat issues lead grains
Wheat started last week on the defense, but recovered to end the week with gains. When it was all said and done, wheat closed mixed. For the week ending Aug. 28, September Minneapolis lost 14.75 cents, September Chicago gained 4.5 cents and September Kansas City gained 1.5 cents. Tuesday, September, 02, 2014 - Agweek - News

Consider a corn reserve
We overplant, overfertilize and overproduce, then complain about poor prices. What can we expect? We must lower our cost of production or quit producing. Tuesday, September, 02, 2014 - Agweek - News

ND deputy kills cow after it charges him
A Cass County, N.D., deputy responding to a motorist that had crashed into a cow off Interstate 94 Monday morning had to go to the hospital himself after the injured cow charged him at the scene. Monday, August, 25, 2014 - - News

More good news on ND prevented-planting
The latest Farm Service Agency statistics reinforce earlier reports that prevented-planting acres aren’t as common in North Dakota as once feared. Tuesday, August, 19, 2014 - Agweek - News

Biofuel crop laws needed
If the hottest new plant grown as a biofuel crop is approved based solely on its greenhouse gas emission profile, its potential as the next invasive species might not be discovered until it’s too late. Monday, August, 18, 2014 - Agweek - News

Reducing postharvest loss
With all the effort it takes to grow a food crop from seed to sale, it might be surprising that some farms in Brazil lose 10 to 12 percent of their yield at various points along the postharvest route. Monday, August, 18, 2014 - Agweek - News